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    Migrant women from West Bengal: livelihoods, vulnerability, ill-being and well being: some perspectives from the field

    Eldis Document Store, 2004
    This paper examines the issues faced by migrant women from West Bengal to Delhi, as understood through interactive discussion sessions with such groups. Specifically, the authors met with elderly migrant women who had migrated from West Bengal to Delhi without their families.
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    Regionalizing international migration: lessons for SADC

    Southern African Migration Project, 2004
    This paper argues that the development of a regional temporary worker’s regime is needed in southern Africa if integrated regional development is to succeed.
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    Migration and inequality

    World Bank, 2005
    This paper focuses on case studies across Central America, Eastern Europe, West Africa and South Asia and demonstrates how the mutual causality between migration and inequality varies both between and within regions.
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    Crossing borders: remittances, gender and development

    United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2005
    This paper presents key elements for the development of a conceptual framework that will allow a better understanding of the interrelationships between migration, gender, remittances and development.
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    Interrelationships between internal and international migration in Egypt: a pilot study

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2005
    This study explores the interrelationships between internal and international migration in Egypt.
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    How population structure shapes childhood poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    The relationship between demography (population structure) and economic development has been extensively studied, but its effects on childhood poverty are poorly understood. How do demographic variables such as fertility and age structure relate to family and therefore childhood wellbeing?
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    Toward a conflict sensitive poverty reduction strategy: lessons from a retrospective analysis

    World Bank, 2005
    This report aims to determine how causes and consequences of violent conflict can best be addressed within a country’s poverty reduction program. It is based on a a retrospective analysis of the poverty reduction strategy (PRS) experience in nine conflict affected countries namely, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH), Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Georgia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka.
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    Migration, development and poverty reduction in Asia

    International Organization for Migration, 2005
    This document is a report from the The Regional Conference on Migration and Development in Asia, held in Lanzhou, China from 14-16 March 2005.The report focuses on the migration and development experiences of a selected number of Asian countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Pakistan and Viet Nam.
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    Making migration "development friendly": temporary worker schemes in the UK

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2005
    This paper examines the specific aspects of the design of migrant temporary worker schemes in the UK, and how this affects their impact on development.Four policy areas are identified: governance of recruitment, legislation and enforcement of workers’ rights, facilitation of financial flows (remittances), and return and reintegration programmes.The paper argues that at present the schemes ar
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    Migration and development: new strategic outlooks and practical ways forward: the cases of Angola and Zambia

    International Organization for Migration, 2005
    This paper assesses and analyses the migration and development situation of Angola and Zambia, with a special focus on skills migration and a review of government policies and capacity related to skills migration and initiatives of various stakeholders, including donors and civil society organisations.Findings and recommendations include:in Angola the process of recovery and reconciliat

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